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New novel featuring Claire DeWitt not a routine crime solver
Sep 17, 2018 1:06 PM - New mystery novel featuring private investigator Claire DeWitt is not a routine crime solver
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Poet C.M. Burroughs to visit ECC Writers Center Reading Series Sept. 20
Sep 17, 2018 8:46 PM - Elgin Community College will welcome poet C.M. Burroughs as the next featured guest of the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 20. -
Review: 'Button Man' is rich and compelling novel
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Villains are vile and disturbing in 'The Forbidden Door'
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Book review: Gary Shteyngart's road novel in the time of Trump
Sep 16, 2018 7:12 AM - It's possible there's a hedge fund bro out there whose heart is as big as his AUM (assets under management). It's possible but not likely, and part of the goofy, rambunctious charm of Gary Shteyngart's latest novel, "Lake Success," is that he makes you believe in such a character and even to root for him on his quixotic journey. -
'Girl, Wash Your Face' writer Rachel Hollis ready for more
Sep 15, 2018 7:28 AM - There's no shortage of people dispensing personal growth tips. So what's a life guru to do? Well, write a book that lands at the top of just about every best-seller list, for starters. Love her or trash her, Rachel Hollis has done just that with "Girl, Wash Your Face," a collection of lies she once told herself and how she turned them around. -
Book review: 'Trust Me' is a stellar thriller by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sep 15, 2018 7:25 AM - A former journalist has a chance at redemption and recovery of her shattered life when she receives an offer to write about a heinous trial in Hank Phillippi Ryan's stellar thriller, "Trust Me." -
Book review: Bob Woodward's 'Fear' is a meticulous, frightening look inside the Trump White House
Sep 14, 2018 12:30 PM - It's hard to imagine a more disturbing portrait of a president than the one Bob Woodward painted of Richard Nixon in his final days. But the early days of Donald Trump's presidency, as recounted by Woodward in his new book, "Fear," are strikingly similar. -
Book review: 'Robert B. Parker's Colorblind' is a well-written, fast-paced yarn
Sep 14, 2018 6:00 AM - In "Colorblind," Reed Farrel Coleman's fifth Jesse Stone novel (the latest installment in a series originated by the late Robert B. Parker), Stone returns to work after a long overdue month in rehab. He finds a new kind of trouble has come to the town of Paradise. -
Michelle Obama to kick off 'Becoming' book tour in Chicago
Sep 13, 2018 12:48 PM - Michelle Obama will start her book tour for her memoir, "Becoming," on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Chicago's United Center. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
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